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- 1. 3.4% of asylum seekers in Leeds are Syrian: people, politicians and the refugee crisis in Europe ABIGAIL HOUSING AGM – 11TH APRIL 2016 Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 2. Surprised? Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 3. This is not an accident Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 4. This is not just about Syria Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network 14% 11% 9% 9% 8%7% 5% 37% Asylum Applications Q4 2015 Iran Iraq Syria Eritrea Afghanistan Pakistan Sudan Other Source: Home Office
- 5. So why are so few Syrian asylum seekers in Leeds? Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network Source: BBC news
- 6. The Government’s priorities Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 7. How many refugees should the UK take in? A nation speaks. Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network 40% 26% 31% 3% More About the same Fewer Not sure Source: Newsnight/ComRes, Sept 15
- 8. People of Leeds Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 9. Abigail Volunteers Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 10. What else can you do? 1. Keep offering support and hope to refugees, asylum seekers, Abigail Housing and other organisations in the sector 2. Lobby your MP over the Immigration Bill – go to www.theyworkforyou.com 3. Remember to thank local politicians for their support of refugee schemes and lobby for more Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 11. What else can you do? 4) Remember the huge swell of public opinion: when people, know and meet refugees - their opinions change 5) Remember Leeds is a kind place that doesn’t wait for the Government to give it permission to act Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
- 12. The doughnut of hope: how long have we got left? Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network Time served 18% Time left 82% Time served Time left
- 13. Jon Beech DIRECTOR, LASSN & CHAIR OF THE LEEDS MIGRATION PARTNERSHIP JON@LASSN.ORG.UK Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Editor's Notes
- You’d never know from the TV or newspapers UN say 6.6 million Syrians have been internally displaced UN say 4.8 million Syrian refugees people have moved out of Syria - 2.7 to Turkey (Over half) 1.2 Asylum applications in EU in 2015 alone But only a 29% of these applications are from Syrians (360,000) That’s about half the number of people living in Leeds (or Dover, Scarborough and Cambridge combined) And there are 28 Syrian asylum seekers in Leeds one for every 26,000 people 87% of Syrian people who received decisions on their asylum claims in the UK last year were granted asylum
- David Cameron wants to see 20,000 refugees resettled from the camps in Turkey, mainly children and orphans 1000 had arrived by December 2015 Leeds has taken about 50 people from Syria on the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. David Cameron doesn’t want to encourage people to come under their own steam To claim asylum you need to get into the UK Comparatively few children are making it to Europe.
- The footage on TV should not distract us to what’s happening in the rest of the world. It’s not just the middle east. Sudan and Eritrea
- It’s not just about people not getting into the country Once people are here they don’t have choice of where they live Most people end up in the North West Leeds currently has about
- Theresa may wishes to create “an extremely hostile environment” Hostile Environment Working Group is now called the inter-ministerial group on migrants' access to benefits and public services - landlord checks - reduction in family support in August 15 - restricted access to free healthcare The Immigration Bill threatens to remove support to families whose claims have not been successful - This risks driving destitute families to illegal and exploitative relationships in order to survive - Last time this was tried Changes in access to healthcare which will endanger the health of individuals and public health “The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration” “If you’re going to create a hostile environment for illegal migrants … access to financial services is part of that”
- People have not waited for the Government to do something On 15th September LCC announced they would take up to 200 Syrian refugees over the next 2 years. That night about the same number of people turned up to the West Yorkshire Playhouse to ask what they could do to help? At LASSN 100 people applied to volunteer in September 15 – we doubled the number of nights available A distribution depot for food and clothing set up at Richmond Hill Languages for Good – providing free interpreting and translation 400 Volunteers and 13 places of worship helped WYDAN run a Winter Shelter to 14 people over 230 nights.
- Gardening, ESOL, Ambassadors, House champions, Food collector/distributors, social group planners, People who provide IT support, fundraisers